Mitch’s mission of spreading the MindShifting framework includes speaking to as may audiences as possible.
A favorite tool in this endeavor, is appearing on Podcasts hosted by thoughtful colleagues in the Education, Life Coaching, Personal Development, and Leadership Development spaces (to name just a few).
Here are a collection of these wide ranging conversations…
Why Being Right Gets in the Way of Better Relationships, Better Work, and Better Schools
Denise Griffitts has a wonderful way of opening up conversations so they become deeper than a simple interview. I recently had the pleasure of returning to her Your Partner in Success Radio to talk about MindShifting, Conflict, and Collaboration. What began as a discussion about conflict became a wide-ranging exploration of why we react the…
The Relentless Pursuit of Winning
Learn how tiny experiments help leaders navigate complexity, avoid the certainty trap, turn failure into feedback, and make better decisions in business and life.
Famous Interviews Podcast
What does it really mean to “teach people how to use their brains”—and why might that be one of the most important skills in an AI-driven world? In a recent conversation with Joe Dimino on Famous Interviews, we explored that and other topical questions. At one point, Joe asked how I would explain what I…
How One Mindset Shift Can Transform Your Classroom
I first began my professional development career in 1981, teaching professionals how to use the Apple II Plus and VisiCalc—the very first electronic spreadsheet. Before VisiCalc, a “spreadsheet” was a physical green sheet of paper that required manual calculations for every single cell. If you made one error, you often didn’t know until the end…
What if the Biggest Obstacle in Your District Isn’t the Budget or Behavior?
What if It’s the Brain? Guest post by Bridget Johnson Bridget Johnson is the Founder of The Deans’ Roundtable—a thriving professional development community where student life leaders connect, collaborate, and innovate. Over the past decade, we’ve grown from a one-off conference into a nationwide movement empowering deans and student affairs professionals across independent schools. The…
Why We Struggle to Teach Kids the Skills They Need Most
And What to Do Instead I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Travis Rogers on the Parenting Athletic Kids podcast, and our conversation went right to the heart of something I see everywhere—in schools, on teams, and in families. We are trying to prepare kids for a world that demands resourcefulness, resilience, and…
Denise Griffitts and I discuss dealing with difficult people
The other day, I found myself in a situation that many of us know all too well. I was on a call, and before I knew it, the conversation had veered off track. The other party was being intentionally difficult. I felt that familiar tightening in my chest, my heart rate began to climb, and…
The Neuroscience behind MindShifting
When Dr. Irena O’Brien invited me onto her Neuroscience of Coaching podcast, I’ll admit something: I was nervous. I’m not a neuroscientist—I’m a practitioner. I’ve spent decades helping people shift the way they think and act, but here I was, about to talk brain science with someone who’s spent nearly 30 years studying it formally. That anxiety…
Don’t Let Your Survival Brain Write Your Story
The Hyper Pleaser We have all met someone who is a habitual people pleaser—or perhaps you are one yourself. When you constantly bend over backward to accommodate others, you inevitably push your own needs aside. You mask your true desires and exhaust yourself trying to make everyone else comfortable. Eventually, you realize you are no…
Are you looking at the tree, or staring at the bottom of the gully?
A few years ago, I found myself on a horseback riding trip in Colorado with my niece, staring down into a dry gully that was a meter and a half deep and a meter and a half wide. I am not a happy horseman, I was only doing this to spend some time with her,…
The Moment You ‘Notice,’ Changes Everything
A reflection from my conversation on The Impostor Syndrome Files On her podcast The Impostor Syndrome Files, Kim Meninger explores the doubts and internal pressures that many capable professionals carry quietly. When we spoke, our conversation wandered through a number of topics—from impostor syndrome to leadership to the way our brains react when something feels…
An Unexpected Conversation on Certainty, Stress and Grief
“Certainty is not wisdom — it’s often a stress response.” I hadn’t planned to say that on Grief Talk, but once it surfaced in conversation with Vonne Solis, i must admit that where it led us has stuck with me. Vonne has a rare ability as a host to slow conversations down just enough for…
MindShifting, Deep Wealth, and the Hidden Levers Behind Better Decisions
Not long ago, I had a fascinating conversation with Jeffrey Feldberg on the Deep Wealth Podcast about mind shifting, leadership, and the deeper forces behind sustainable success. It was a thoughtful, generous dialogue, and I’m deeply appreciative of Jeffrey for the depth of his questions and the space he created for this discussion. Over the course of…
The Leader’s MindSet: A 6-Step Approach for Difficult Interactions
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Jason LeDuc on The Leader’s Mindset podcast to talk about something I care deeply about: how our brains can quietly sabotage us in the first few seconds after a challenge hits. Jason created a thoughtful, generous space for the conversation, and I’m grateful for the way…
From Reacting to Relating in Tough Conversations
A Conversation on Christina Eanes’s Essential Skills for Humaning Podcast Many of us move through conflict on autopilot, defaulting to the same few patterns—competing, accommodating, avoiding, compromising—without ever realizing we could respond differently. On my second appearance on Christina Eanes’s Essential Skills for Humaning podcast, we dove into what it means to be in Sage during conflict, and how that…
